The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-15
STATE ITEMS.

Booksville Necs DR.. n. Hart, who
lives some three miles out from town.
has a curiosity growing in the shape at u
Meiitensis orange tree II IL only sixteen
inches high and has fully one hun,lrel
bloosns on IL. DIR. Hart hss two or ,la-'
trss> of this variety. which he OBJ
tained from the Agricultural Department
at Washington. hut only the one men
toned has any blooms on IL.
Madison Recoyder.--Mr. William RYE.
of Lee station, made two licky shots
one day last week, whereby he secured
three fine deer. He and "A companion
were hunting between the sinks Of Nor
tons creek and the river. when -four
noble animals sprang up in CLOSE range.
His companion fired "A charge of bird
shot at them without effect: but as they
ran by Mr.. Rye be fired both barrels OF
his gun charget with buckshot into the
bunch. bringing down three Of them.
Orlando Record;--As the south-bound
train was leaving the South Florida de-
pot yesterday afternoon Mr.. Will Wal
lace Harney, of Pine Castle, slipped be-
tween two Of the cars, ana but for the
timely assistance Of a bystander wouhi
have been run over and probably killed,
as the train was moving of Just as he
was extricated.
The Orange County ReJ,orfer of last
week s,irrenders almost its entire space
TO the notice Of delinquent tax sales.
The notice fills twenty-one long columns
Of the paper. and large percentage of
the real estate of that county will be put
nj, and sold for taxes. Dut Orange is u
large county.
F1Orida 70bacoo Iioaf. DIR. Ashursi
of this place tells Of q remarkable in
stance of profit in tobacco culture. IL
WIS i'm Marion county. and some years
before the war. Capt. j.. q. Honse and
Mr.. Quatlebaum were the grower,
and the area i'm tobacco was little lcs,'
than AN acre. The product sold for So
PR hundred pounds. and the crop from
thi, less than AN acre brought in $500.
How many items Of this kind will the
growers OF Columbia county furnish
within the next few years;
Lake City Reporfer:--A little child of
Mr.. j. w. Perry was walking ian front uf
his residence last Saturday. He was shot
In the stomach by one of "a crowd "f
boys who were shooting with rifle near
Hamburg Lake. The little fellow WIS
doing well al last accounts.
Hernando Neirs:-While escaNatipg
through hill in Hernando county.
workmen on the r. R. & n. road found
n number Of pine stamps petriiiei in the
Ssbu isFt iH-ioN
OF the earth, and ut the fosa of one of ihe
stumps, leaning against IT, was AN old
style glass bottle.
Mclrose Daylight: The immense
growth on orange trees and immense
quantity of Ilooms. makes the orange
growers feel happy, and already calcula-
ting the number Of boxes he will ship
next season. The peach. pear and plum
will also yield immensely. The grape
culture is also in its infancy. The Soup
pernong will bring an income of $500
to ti .JOO 10 the acre IL made into wine.
We have one small vineyard here having
but five vines. covering half an acre. and
last season 100 gallons of wine were
made, which sell for III 30 per gallon.
How is that for an investment and in-
ducementy The Black Hamburg and all
other varieties grow equally ~ well. and
swell the incomes.